Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 02:45 pm
South Africa’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have increased by 3495 to 70 038 over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday.
The country also recorded a further 88 Covid-19-related deaths.
The total number of people who have died from Covid-19 since the first patient was identified 101 days ago now stands at 1568, which represents a mortality rate of 2.1%, Mkhize said.
The Western Cape continues to have the highest number of infections and deaths, while the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga – with one Covid-19-linked fatality each – have recorded the lowest number of deaths.
Deaths and recoveries
Of the latest deaths, 73 were from Western Cape, 9 from the Eastern Cape and 6 frm Gauteng.
The statistics released by Mkhize on Sunday show that 39 867 people have recovered from Covid-19 to date. This represents a recovery rate of 54.2%.
To date, 1 148 933 tests have been conducted cumulatively with a total of 26 975 new tests over the past 24 hours.
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